Samsung F3 1TB SMART "Write Error Rate" increasing

line · Post by **line** » Thu Jul 22, 2010 8:27 am

I own a Samsung F3 1TB drive and have recently installed the same model for a friend.

I have been worried about my drive for a long time now because the Write Error Rate value has been steadily increasing and it grows by 1 every 100GB of writes or so.

Now the same thing happens on the friend's drive. It is already 1 and I suspect it is going to increase. The drives are otherwise healthy. Anyone else seeing this?

wiizer99 · Post by **wiizer99** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 10:41 am

FWIW,
I have 2 F3 1TB drives in my ubuntu mdadm raid1
both drives have about 300-400 hrs, and one has 2 multi zone error rate of 2
the other one, 1
smart seems to indicate that the drives are healthy
-bests

Cryoburner · Post by **Cryoburner** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 7:38 pm

If that's a screenshot of your results, I get the impression that HD Tune might just be reading your SMART data wrong. The free version was last updated two and half years ago, before that drive existed, after all. The screenshot you posted shows the write error data value at 51, with the threshold at 0. On my drives in this system (a Samsung and a WD), the two values are opposite that, with the data at 0 and the threshold at 51. Are you sure it's increasing, or did you just happen to see it at 51 and assumed it's been? That's probably the threshold value, not the data value.

HD Tune also lists your drive's temperature at 917546, which also seems a little wrong compared to the temperatures of around 40 that are listed for my drives. : )

line · Post by **line** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 2:44 am

Thanks for the input.

@Cryoburner

I agree the free version is aging, but it reads the data correctly here. "51" is the real data, and only by coincidence it is also a common number for threshold. I've been following it from the very start and it just keeps increasing. For example, when I wrote this post it was 9. I hope someone can clarify what this value indicates.

Here is what HDDScan reads (33 Hex = 51)

Redzo · Post by **Redzo** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:15 am

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line · Post by **line** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 12:12 pm

Thanks for the tip

Arbutus · Post by **Arbutus** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 1:45 pm

Different manufacturers use different names and meanings of attributes and the interpretation of their raw values is not specified by any standard.

I would worry if the Reallocated Sector Count increases quickly.